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Stories about Mokau River

We are always looking for more stories about Mokau and the river. please email us or send them to the Mokau Museum. Ian Whittaker the skipper on MV Glenroyal is a founding member of Mokau Museum and lots of the items in the museum are from his collection. In the Gallery is some photos collected over the years. mokau-map-002

NZ - ETC

http://www.nzetc.org

Here is a site with a few nice photos and stories about Mokau

http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/search/search.html?page-length=10&text=mokau&submit=Search

New Zealand Whitebait

Whitebait is a native fish that New Zealanders love to eat. Mokau River is one of the North Island best rivers to catch the delicacy. From the 15^th of August to the 30 November local fishermen and woman line the river banks in expectation of a good catch

Whitebait Types

WHITEBAIT

Makau River Whitebait

Whitebait season is between 15th of August to 30th November (inclusive).

Mokau River Sunken Barge

The History of Mokau’s River Sunken Barge

There has been over seven ships sank in or close to the Might Mokau River. This story is about one of them.

Whitebaiting Photos

Some nice Whitebaiting Photos from 2007

Mokau River History

We have added a large number of historic photo's into our Gallery about Mokau River and Taranaki Please visit the Gallery and also look at some photos taken over the last few years. If you want to share any photos please email them to us or just drop them into the Whittaker family house in Mokau

Gallery

Taranaki Pukeariki Website and a story about Ian Whittaker www.pukeariki.com

Taranaki museum Web Site www.taranakimuseum.org.nz

New Zeanalnd Goverment website www.teara.govt.nz

Whitebait Fritters 1

Mokau River Whitebait Fritters

For those who want to cook Whitebait Fritters :

Recipe 1

1 egg
2 Tablespoons Flour
½ teaspoon Baking Powder
Pinch Salt
Whitebait
Milk or Water to mix

Put Flour, Baking Powder and salt into a mixing bowl. Add egg, Mokau River whitebait and enough milk or water to make a thick batter. Do not over mix as this will cause the fritters to be tough. Place spoon-full of batter into a hot pan and shallow fry until golden brown.

Recipe 2

2 eggs
2 Tablespoon Flour
½ teaspoon Baking Powder
Pinch Salt
Chopped Parsley Dash Pepper
Whitebait
1 Tablespoon Milk

Put Egg yokes, milk, parsley, salt and pepper into a mixing bowl. Mix together. Add the Baking Powder and flour to this mixture, fold in. Whisk the egg whites until stiff. Fold the first mixture and Mokau River whitebait into the egg whites.
Melt butter in a pan and when hot drop in spoon-full of mixture. Turn when brown.

Pukekahu - Mokau Beacon Hill

On the South side of the Mokau River raises a hill of conical shape, some 500 feet high, its name “Pukekahu”. It was used as a beacon, a bale-fire was lit which denoted the coming of hostile forced from the north and, gave warning to many a pa, to be alert, as far south as Pukearute.

The Steam Ship Alexandra 1865

The SS Alexandra was one of 5 steam ships to regularly deliver supplies to the Clifton Redoubt, a military outpost and settlement at Pukearuhe White Cliffs, south of the Mokau River.